yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Can anyone confirm that we do not need to repartition, so internal memory data is not wiped during upgrade?

Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] sirkula:
I'm on stock 4.0.4 ROM, rooted...which method is better for updating via Kies or Odin or which one will format, delete all my files, contacts, settings, mods etc. Or can I do factory reset after update cuz I want to delete everything and start from the begining...
[Galaxy S II General] celderic:
Mibile odin worked fine for myself.

I was also previously on rooted 4.04
[Galaxy S II General] kmaximax:
wheres everyone getting these whacky ideas for build dates? obviously not from this releases Build.prop file!

I read that quite clearly as 14 January 2013!
[Galaxy S II General] SoLoR1:
i clearly remember sammobile tweeted about XXLS8 at least a month ago (probably more)... if they repacted it on 16th (or 15th or whatever) for spain it does not mean that its not month or two old....
[Galaxy S II General] esegarry:
Original link of sam: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=10785

GT-I9100 - Spain

PDA: I9100XWLS8

CSC: I9100FOPLS3

Version: 4.1.2

Date: 2013-01-16

Regions: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

Download

http://www.hotfile.com/dl/190226031/b214985/I9100XWLS8_I9100FOPLS3_FOP.zip.html

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy S II General] kicksilver:
Let's have some experts take a look into this before flashing.... You never know.

But this is great news.
[Galaxy S II General] alexao.roldan:
that good news:good:
[Galaxy S II General] Pinx0:
A few mirrors:

https://mega.co.nz/#!g9120ALL!dbt4PBY-J1TlnfN3PwlCxgOabhhXU_oJ4EL87h_oqbc

http://www.putlocker.com/file/1338EC3089D57842
[Galaxy S II General] Crescendo Xenomorph:
I read it somewhere that this will re-partition intSD to accommodate the new apps in the /system... is that right?

or it just another normal update?

beside, is this non-wipe or wipe?
[Galaxy S II General] pasanjay:
I would wait for the devs to take a look at this before flashing this by myself. Bcz you never know what samsung does. And i would not want my phone to repartition
[Galaxy S II General] shenmecar:
Nice! This is good news!
[Galaxy S II General] fatjivi:
Since when did this become original development?
[Galaxy S II General] mckeowngoo:
Kill joy.
[Galaxy S II General] Farooq95:
Its only for the korean variant
[Galaxy S II General] sohell:
Any feedback from our brave pioneers? Anyone installed this ROM yet?
[Galaxy S II General] mrachni:
Installed it few hours ago,rooted whith Philz,removed few Samsung apps and using it right now.

Forking ok,fast,i`m working right now so i cant use it much more :)
[Galaxy S II General] pilgrim011:
Is it still using preload partition?
[Galaxy S II General] mrachni:
It is normal,that news for partition and loosing 1gb as i know is only for Korean firmware i think.

Flashing is normal using Odin,only PDA file.
[Galaxy S II General] anshad666:
give more...is dis same as lsj..what d feturs i mean rippleffct smartstay mulitiwindows nd more...
[Galaxy S II General] TraNe15:
Finally, official 4.1 arrived! I'll flash and test it. I will post my results
[Galaxy S II General] GuestX0020:
i flashed it, everything is ok, ugly wallpapers :D , nothing special, the same like leaked
[Galaxy S II General] Mopral26:
hi, can you post a link to philz kernel version for this spain release please?

thx
[Galaxy S II General] mrachni:
Philz page:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1877270

CWM file:

http://www.mediafire.com/?uc9uvkl8u5l1dr6
[Galaxy S II General] Mopral26:
yeah thx but what's version dis you flash?

i seel link fort lsJ but not for ls8
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imcol:
Hi all,

I am fairly new to the whole flashing kernels thing. I was looking through the Android Development threads and I saw the KT kernel and the IX kernel. I wanted to flash either of these kernels just for the improved battery life (from stock). Here are some of my questions:

1. What is the main reason to flash a new kernel.

2. Once I flash the kernel, What is a governed and do I need to constantly change it or set values? (asking cause I see others doing this)

3. Once I flash, lets say I want to go back to stock kernel, how can I do this?

4. Will I really get better battery life, or is it just for those who currently have horrible battery life.

5. Would it speed up the phone by any chance, reduce any lag?

Thanks in advance for helping!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CamFlawless:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369817. ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] android2.0:
thats an amazing link thanks for posting that i was wondering the same thing

but can someone tell us noobs the main reason for updating your kernel like Kt's kernel?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CamFlawless:
Well, I personally use KT's kernel for a few reasons: his Ktoonservative governor which is great for battery life yet equally responsive, the ability to undervolt to maximize battery and a cool running device, and the ROW scheduler which offers me superior performance.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jasvncnt1:
1. Some people flash a different kernel so they can overclock and under-volt. Also it may make the phone a bit snappier and get better battery life.

2. You don't need to constantly change the governor. You can try one for a few days and see how it goes. If youd like to experiment then you can try another to see if its any better/worse.

3. Depending on your ROM. Sometimes you can just boot in to recovery and re-flash the kernel you want. Again it depends on what kernel you flash to.

4.This is a tough one. Kernels act differently on each phone. You would need to try it out for yourself. When you flash a kernel it is suggested you give it a good 3 full battery cycles to really see how battery life is.

5. Yes, it may speed up the phone responsiveness a little. But again each phone reacts differently to each kernel.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarthDerron:
The ability to control vibration, and the wide variety of i/o sched and govs is a main reason why I choose KT over any other kernel
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imcol:
still how can i revert

lets say i use kt and want to go back to stock kernel, how do i do this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarthDerron:
Reflash the rom and gapps
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nareshm1985:
Hi Guys,

Just wondering, if Xperia themes can be merge in the CM 10.1, cant we have something like windows 8.0 interface ?

It will give a fresh look to the note. Launcher is not a perfect thing to use it on daily basis.

I really appreciate the developer who merged the Xperia feel to CM10.1

Thanks AmNix :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2100083

Thanks & Regards,

Naresh:good:
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbkkt1:
So, I went out on a limb, and purchased the tablet from OfficeMax.

Tried to power on, and nothing. I charged it for a half hour, and the charge icon on screen flashed for a second, then nothing.

Office max rep says it won't even boot until after 8 hours of charging. I just think it's unusual, since all my other android devices will at least show the charging icon.

Am I being wazzed? Or do I really have to charge or this long to get an initial response?

I do have the dock, haven't opened it, should I exchange this tablet, or is this normal for Asus?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Yurij:
That sounds like bull**** Mine had no problem booting after about 30 min charge
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbkkt1:
Okay, it booted now...... Charging plug wasn't fully in the outlet..... I feel like a turd.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Yurij:
Mistakes happens :p
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbkkt1:
Main thing is that you confirmed that the device doesn't even boot until after a charge. First android device I've ever had that did that.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wetbiker7:
Yep. I made the mistake of letting my tablet run completely down until it shut off. I let it sit for awhile before putting it on the charger. All of the devices I've had in the past would boot after being on the charger for a few minutes......well not my tf300t. It had to sit on the charger for a good 45 minutes to an hour before it would reboot.

I was tripping out and thought my tablet had died on me. Lmao. Kinda strange that out of all the devices I've had, only this tablet requires a significant charge before it will boot up. Oh well, it is what it is. At least it booted up. :D

Just wanted to add that my tablet also booted right up when i took it out of the box. Guess it had a decent charge still on it from the factory.

Sent from my LG-LG855 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] D1G1T4L:
Running Bean's Build 6 and when I go into system/app I don't find any SDM files. Have they already been removed in this ROM? I also looked in Titanium Backup under Backup/Restore and also didn't find any SDM files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cgalyon:
I had to go to the list of apps and search (used the top bar search function) for SDM. Then it showed up. For some reason, couldn't seem to find it scrolling through the list.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kintwofan:
It's not in beans build that's why you can't find it

Sent from my SCH-I605 (AKA NOTE 2)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Travisdroidx2:
If you are on a custom rom you have nothing to worry about about. You will not get any ota's pushed to your phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
as others have mentioned beans removes the update crap out of his rom...no worries.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kintwofan:
The Verizon clean ROM still had the stuff for the ota

Sent from my SCH-I605 (AKA NOTE 2)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] janjannsen99:
Sticky this. Excellent work and ingenuity. Im subscribing to this thread.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
From what I've gathered by reading here, lost IMEI issues due to kernel or ROM flashing can indeed be resolved by flashing back to whatever was working in the first place.

In the case of modem cross-flashing however, things aren't as cut and dry. I pulled an NV items backup (with NV_reader_writer) from my phone prior to restoring it to service with a backup from a working phone, and NV item 550 was returned as inactive, along with a bunch of others that shouldn't have been.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] G1Master:
Very interesting write up here. I did actually had this happend to me on my GS3, that I purchased new from T-Mobile back in November. The first night I had it, my flashaholic itch kicked in. Before I knew it I was in the process of rooting the GS3....but all hell broke loose once I rooted. The Root kit at the time had a earlier version of CWM and it caused me to lose the IMEI# when flashing a CM10 rom.

So I did the whole process of reinjecting the IMEI# bla bla bla, I was able to retrieve data and IMEI. No issues what so ever after that. I even just in case did the whole QPST tool of backing up the IMEI# for just in case purposes.

Well a week ago, I was planning a installing a theme over the current Wicked Rom on my GS3. So I did the steps going into recovery, Wipe the caches and went to install the theme when I realized that out of my stupidness I never downloaded the theme. So I just did a simple reboot from TWRP 2.3.3.2 I believe if not it was 2.3.3.1. And once the my phone booted back to my home screen I had zero data.

So at that point I was utterly confused in what had happened. All I did was wipe the caches, I had no clue that the caches have ties with the EFS partion. Still till this day I have no Idea what happened.

I want to try other roms but I just so scared for this to happen to me again. What should I do to stop from having this happening to me again?

Thanks

So I knew the first thing to do is another reboot just to see if something might of hiccuped during the booting up process. But once it booted up again and back to the home screen still no data. Not even Edge, Had the Cancel symbol over my bars on the status bar. So I knew to check the IMEI# under phone status and sure enough it was not there just displayed Zero.

I knew I had a back up of the IMEI# so I tried to just reinject it, Since I knew it was basically a painless process. After doing so, Still no data, even though the IMEI# is showing CORRECTLY under phone status it still would not kick in even Edge. Eventually Edge would connect but it would be like Dial Up speeds.

So I Odin'd back to a Root66 stock rom and checked the status of the data and still no go. Everything is still showing under phone status at this point, so no loss of the IMEI# but no data at all.

So I Odin'd back to the T-Mobile Stock Firmware and same results and just for kicks I tried to reinject it once again and still nothing.

Ended up conducting the triangle away process, got it back to Samsung Official everything and even the Modified Status was set back to Normal status. Everything was back to stock at this point, Kernel, Modem, Rom, Bootloader, just everything was stock as if I just bought it. Still no data.

Conclusion I did a warranty exchange, got the new GS3 fully working ofcourse, gave it to the wife and bought me the N2.

Now I am terrified to do anything to this phone. I'm currently running MyRom Rev V2 and have a nandroid of the Stock firmware.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cobraboy85:
Sounds like the issue may have something to do with recoveries
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] trandd2005:
same here !

My galaxy note 2 . I root the phone and put room T889_N7105ZHALJ4 it work fine for awhile but It have robot voice when calling .

and I try to boot another rom PhoeniX.ROM.v4.0.by.tamirda-signed this is big problem .

This rom make phone unable to connect network . after that I try to flash back old rom . It same thing . Make phone able to connect network .

My phone is now dead . only connect wifi . Try to call customer service . And now they have to send me another phone .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] G1Master:
No idea after what 4 years of hacking android phones not once had that happened. Now I feel like a complete amateur because of that.

I'm literally terrified to do any thing else with my phone and I'm not at all that satisfied with the choice of rom I've selected either but it'll do till there is an answer for all the random issues people having with this generation of "Galaxy" series phones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] amullins:
Im having the same issues with no service. I have a t889 and a original sim card which was cut to microsim form. I had no trouble getting service. I rooted successfully and still had service. At this point I performed nandroid backup and efs backup and attempted to flash jedi x. As soon as I did this I lost service...it has bars but no voice calls and no 4g. My IMEI still shows however. I ve tried everything from stock factory restore through ODIN to restoring efs, flashing stock radios/kernels restoring nandroid still cant get service, defintely need some step by step advice on how to get back my service. I feel like I followed all the appropriate steps to flash the room.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] culua:
Same problem I had I had imie showing but I keep having instability connection. So what I did is claim insurance and got my new note 2. I belive it must ben defect of the phone because I have no issue with my new phone running jedx9
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] amullins:
I paid full price for my phone so.. no insurance, and even if I could what if I experience the same problem with another Note 2? Then I just lost more money and time. I followed all steps correctly for T889, I feel like this should be reversable if I have nandroid backup and EFS backup. Hopefully developers can help us out with this to figure why this issue is occuring in some Note 2's and not in others.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] culua:
Yes please trt figure out how to fix this issue yes I also notice people are hav8ng lost service or instability data due to this problem with flashing. I encounter this problem I and lucky fof me tmobile sent me a new phone due to claim it was defective.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] trevor7428:
I can't believe all these pple are saying help me help me.

The OP has been kind enough to risk his note 2 and lose imei intentionally to try to find the cause and a fix.

He clearly says, to do this I need everyone's help who's lost imei (I need as much detail as possible. Rom, kernal, modem, version of jelly bean, version of twrp. Flash anything before lose? Mods,tweaks, themes, scripts if so what?)

That's all OP is asking for and not one person has been specific

And I don't think OP has replied to anyone. Who knows probably gave up trying to find a fix.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cobraboy85:
Haven't given up. Just don't have enough data to conclude what the issue is. All I know for certain is that when it is "lost" it isn't really lost, just not registering the info or reading it.

But yeah, not a whole lot of input.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] amullins:
Hey guys just fyi to let you know what I found with this issue. Just giving my input.

Well it looks like my imei is populating but my note 2 no longer gets service. Im probably going to warranty it so I can get service again I spent all of my weekend trying to fix. I think this issue may be related to something within the modem or radio being flash incorrectly and somehow corrupting the efs files. I searched forums about efs corruption and I think maybe it has something to do with a nv_data file missing? Not sure if that applies for sgn2 but I couldnt find or maybe I dont know WHERE to find it in root explorer. Maybe if we compare a working sgn2's efs file with a NON WORKING sgn2's efs file maybe that would help? I followed the steps in the t889 root guide step by step... and then as soon as I flashed Jedi X9 through cwm recovery BAAM...service was gone.

I tried reflashing, I tried reflashing stock modem\kernel and reverting back to stock via odin but no go.I did notice it was able to connect to tmobile for one to two sec because it would actually sync the time and date after turning on for the first time. But never again after that. My Imei and bars are showing ..but when I make a call it says "not registered on network" and no 4g either. I think this may be because the rom had included a different radio not sure which one defintely wasnt the canada ver. Flashing this rom somehow made my phone stop receiving service...Does restoring efs backup a guaranteed fix the lost imei/ service issues? Can flashing using earlier version of odin cause an issue? I used 1.84. Everything passed successfully however. Just throwing ideas to help. I definitely want to try to avoid the issue when get my note 2 back from repair.

Before I had this issue I had the latest stock firmware from tmobile the 889VALL4 modem and kernel 4.1.1 jellybean. No problem rooting the phone and still had service after root with chainfire method.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhxDroid86:
My guess is the phone doesnt have true root towards the efs/modem/nv levels with the current custom recoveries available... its like twrp and cwm arent messing with those files but when flashing certain roms those files are being mishandled.... therefore creating the restore ineptitude

Ultimately I have only used well known roms and kernals that others have tested without hitches (for all my android devices) like CM or Jedi... those "third party" roms arent trustworthy in my mind as to some devs "open source" often translates into "cut and paste" which can be problematic to say the least

With the GNII, i have used CWM (not sure on build but I can find out) and TWRP (only 2.3.3.2 never 2.3.2 or whatever was before)... and like I said "well tested roms/kernals" so cf_auto_root, then Teshxx lk8 stock, then Teshxx ll4 stock, then Jedi 9 with saber_7+, then Jedi Master 9 with Saber 10.2, and finally switched to the Perseus kernal 3.0.36 alpha 32...

Never any issues with connectivity, imei, anything...

Hope this helps and more importantly you find what is lacking and get the info to CWM and TWRP for updating (id say let the rom devs know too but by bettering the Custom recoveries, roms like all other devices, wont affect those files

---------- Post added at 01:04 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:58 AM ----------

I will add no roms were ever flashed through CWM... only had it because I was use to it and new to TWRP... my Bro in law made the suggestion and it looks like its the best advise he could have given me to this point... that and my overall patience to not jump the flash gun... again I cant stress this enough, only use well tested roms/kernals/etc... I know CWM came by surprise as we all have grown to love it but its not perfect and even other recoveries were there before (RA, etc) and it wont be the last (TWRP)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] maktucali:
i got mine working

here is what i had... i lost my note and got a replacement.. then i found my note in my girls car.. no service i insert my sim no service my imei was blacklisted. so i googled ways to change my imei. no dice the terminal emulator way didnt work. i said i got a paper weight and i can **** with it so i did.. got in the service mode *#197328640# and toyed with everything in there.. lost all the network setting and signal and in the

umts /debugmode /common/ rebuild nv it said it will delete my efs part. so i did haha lost my imei bootloader serial number and everything that makes my note a phone. a few days later i was at it again but this time i was going to fix it hoorah! so read and read bout efs part and googled some more and more.. and found this..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801997

what i did was backed up my new notes efs/ nv files and used them in my other note.. now i have 2 notes with same serial number and imei i gave one to my wife and both are working like new.. but having 2 phones on same family plan with same ime/sderial numberi just wont cut it. so i decided to change the imei and foud this....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804123

the old imei is bad and wont work so i need a different one.. lucky i had a old samsung behold2 laying around the house .. turned it *#06# a new imei!! yay now i dont have a clone phone but more of Frankenstein monster.. cool huh when i log in to my tmo account it says samsung behold on the other line,,
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cobraboy85:
^lol ....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kingybear:
I "lost" IMEI lastnight, Just got the phone rooted with Exynosabuse. Then i Flashed CF-Auto root with mobile odin. Then I flashed Note2Core 7105 with Mobile odin.

When i woke up in the morning I noticed no signal, Baseband is unknown and so is IMIE. And I didn't back up EFS. :crying:

I booted into recovery and wiped still the same. I also re flashed the kernel.

Downloading stock rom hoping that will work :fingers-crossed: This is a N7105T ( I know this is a T-mobile thread)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] culua:
Follow this guy he fix his lost imei and baseband I dunno it might work

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2145967

Nailed it!!!!!!!!! My 4g is back again
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cofface:
1、update busybox support android 4.2 platform;

2、support some Command;

DOWN :View attachment 1668326
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] dwained_80:
Well Everyone, seems Amazon went and did an update and just wanted to confirm so that everyone knows the steps in Root Working 10.2.4 Kindle Fire 2 Root made easy still do work on hte updated 10.2.6
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] innerspace:
failing here

odd, the bin4ary root script is throwing a ton of permission denied errors over here, what the heck.

I can access adb shell just fine, i don't remember having any issues when I initially rooted this thing back around Christmas. Really should have killed OTA updates, shame on me.

any advice?